* Purple flowers, tawny pubescence
* Light to dark brown hilum, determinate.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bacterial pustules, myrothe- cium leaf spot,
bacterial blight, YMV and rhizoctonia aeriala blight.
* Tolerant to defoliators stem fly and girdle beetle.
Ahilya-3 (NRC 7)
Yield - 25-35 q/ha
Duration - 90-99 days
Silent features
* Determinate, grey pubescence, purple flowers
* Yellow seed coat, brown hilum, high oil content
* Resistant to pod-shattering.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bacterial blight, green mosaic virus,
bacterial pustules, phyllody, soybean mosaic, Myrothe-cium and
Cercospora leaf spots,
* Tolerant to stem fly, girdle beetle, green and grey semilooper,
leaf miner and defoliators.
Durga (JS 72-280)
Yield - 20-22 q/ha
Duration - 102-105 days
Silent features
* White flowers, tawny pubescence,
* Yellow seed coat, black hilum, tall and indeterminate, fast
growing.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Tolerant to bacterial pustules
Indira soy 9
Yield - 22-23 q/ha
Duration - 106 days
Silent features
* Light grey pubescence throughout the plant parts, broad
light medium size green leaves, yellow seeds of medium size with
black hilum and intermediate lustre.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to rust.
* Moderately resistant to stem tunneling and girdle beetle and
leaf folder.
* Performs well under low to moderate plant densities
JS 335
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 95-100 days
Silent features
* Yellow seed coat, blackish hilum
* Purple flowers, glabrous semi-determinate
* Resistant to shattering, black hilum.
* Performs well in entire central, eastern and southern states.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bacterial pustule, bacterial blight
* Tolerant to green mosaic.
* Susceptible to YMV.
* Moderately resistant to stemfly, semilooper and
* Tolerant to major diseases
JS 93-05
Yield - 20-25 q/ha
Duration - 90-95 days
Silent features
* Semi determinate, violet flowers, lanceolate leaves, * 4
seeded pods, glabrous stem & pods, non shattering, black hilum.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to major diseases and insect pests.
JS 95-60
Yield - 12-15 q/ha
Duration - 85 days
Silent features
* Extra early maturity
* Good for intensive cropping
* Good for contingent planning
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistance to YMV
MACS-124
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 95-105 days
Silent features
* Purple flowers, tawny pubescence
* Yellow seed coat, dark brown hilum, * Semi-determinate
resistant to lodging.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bud blight, soybean mosaic and bacterial
pustules.
MACS-13
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 90-100 days
Silent features
* Purple flowers, tawny pubescence
* Yellow seed coat, brown pod black hilum, indeterminate.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bacterial pustules
* Tolerant to viral diseases and leaf-miner
MACS-450
Yield - 25-40 q/ha
Duration - 90-95 days
Silent features
* Purple flowers, medium tall, semi-determinate
* Tawny pubescence, yellow seed, black hilum.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to leaf spot, bud blight, yellow mosaic, soybean
mosaic, bacterial pustule.
* Highly resistant to stemfly and defoliators
MACS-58
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 90-100 days
Silent features
* Purple flowers, tawny pubescence, yellow seed coat,
* Light brown hilum, tall semi-determinate, suitable for
mechanical harvesting.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to bacterial pustules & leaf spot
* Tolerant to YMV.
NRC 37 (Ahilya 4)
Yield - 35-40 q/ha
Duration - 95-100 days
Silent features
* Erect, determinate plants with out anthocyanin colouration
in the hypocotyl, white flowers, tawny pubescence,
* small to medium, spherical yellow seeds with light to dark
brown hilum.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Moderately resistant to collar rot, bacterial pustule, pod
blight and bud blight like syndrome.
* Moderately resistant to stem fly and leaf miner.
* Non lodging under optimum plant population.
* Non shattering behaviour upto 10 days after harvest maturity.
Pant Soybean 1024
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 110-119 days
Silent features
* White flowers, tawny, pubescence
* Narrow leaves, determinate, brown hilum
* Resistant to pod shattering
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to YMV, rust, bacterial pustules and Rhizoctonia
aerial blight
Pant Soybean 1042
Yield - 30-35 q/ha
Duration - 110-119 days
Silent features
* Tawny pubescence, white flowers
* Yellow seed coat, brown hilum
* Tolerant to pod-shattering, determinate.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to YMV, bacterial pustule and
* Moderately resistant to Rhizoctonia aerial blight.
* Tolerant to insect-pests
* White flowers, tawny pubescence
* Yellow seed coat, black hilum, determinate
* Resistant to pod shattering
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to YMV, rust, bacterial pustules and
* Tolerant to Rhizoctonia
PK-416
Yield - 30-35 q/ha
Duration - 115-120 days
Silent features
* White flowers, tawny pubescence
* Yellow seed coat, brown hilum, semi-determinate. * Performs
well in Punjab, Haryana and also in central zone
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to YMV & bacterial pustules,
* Tolerant to Rhizoctonia.
PK-472
Yield - 30-35 q/ha
Duration - 100-105 days
Silent features
White flowers, grey pubescence, yellow seed coat, brown
hilum, determinate, dark green foliage. Performs well in
central, eastern and southern states.
Reaction to pest and disease
Resistant to bacterial pustules & YMV, tolerant to
Rhizoctonia.
PK-564
Yield - 30-35 q/ha
Duration - 105-115 days
Silent features
White flowers, tawny pubescence, yellow seed coat, dark
brown hilum, determinate and sturdy plant type
Reaction to pest and disease
Resistant to YMV and bacterial pustules, tolerant to
Rhizoctonia
Pooja (MAUS 2)
Yield - 25-35 q/ha
Duration - 105-110 days
Silent features
* Semi-determinate, grey pubescence
* Yellow seed coat, light brown hilum
* Resistant to pod-shattering.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Resistant to green mosaic, bacterial pustule, rust and
leaf spots.
* Moderately resistant to leaf miner, stem fly and blue beetle.
Punjab 1
Yield - 25-30 q/ha
Duration - 95-100 days
Silent features
* Purple flowers, yellow pods with brown pubescence, yellow
seed coat, small seeds,
* Light brown hilum, high pod-shattering, early, good
germinability, suitable for food uses.
Reaction to pest and disease
* Susceptible to bacterial pustules, less susceptible to
blue beetle